A FORMER senior Conservative aide has compared Prime Minister Theresa May’s approach to Brexit to an “exasperated” woman who cannot put together an IKEA cabinet.

Theresa May’s attitude to Brexit has been described as a woman who cannot put together “a rather awkward IKEA cabinet” by a former senior Conservative aide during an interview on Nigel Farage’s LBC show.

Stewart Jackson, a senior aide to the former Brexit Secretary David Davis told Mr Farage: “I have described her before as a woman who has taken home a rather awkward IKEA cabinet and she is exasperated she can’t put it together.

“That is her sort of attitude to Brexit, that it is a problem that she needs to solve.

“You need a bureaucratic, mechanistic mindset like hers to solve the problem.”

Theresa May was described as a woman 'who can't put together an IKEA cabinet' over her Brexit plan (Image: Getty • Why Media)

She is a woman who has taken home a rather awkward IKEA cabinet

Stewart Jackson

Last weekend Mrs May also secured the chance to put her proposals to EU heads of state at an informal summit on September 20.

The Prime Minister’s Chequers blueprint triggered the resignation of a number of frontbenchers including Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.

Mr Jackson added: “She is very focused, she is very committed to public service and she is very resilient.

“I think you do need that skill set but you also need someone who is absolutely positive, has vision and belief and in principle supports Brexit.

“I very much doubt that she is in that category.”

Negotiators from the UK and EU have reached an agreement on 80 percent of the Brexit deal.

But there are still major sticking points over Britain’s continued access to the single market and how to avoid a hard border in Ireland.

On Friday, Mrs May visited Emmanuel Macron in a bid to convince him to support her Chequers plan.

The Prime Minister cut her holiday a day short to meet with the French leader, who is reportedly one of the main opponents to the UK’s plans.